The+Freezer+-+Concerns

Here are the departmental concerns we have put on hold at our November 2010 meeting. We intend to discuss these issues and include them in our program recommendations to administration

Freeze Activity - What our are program concerns apart from Standards and Benchmarks? What other recommendations do we want to discuss at a later point and present to administration?

ü Combining different courses in the same class eg. IB, Standard, AP ** ü AP only on one campus ü Should we have global languages at elementary level? ü Teachers need support from Admin re: organizing trip to target language countries – time, stipend, funding ** ü MS/HS transition – all parameters. ü Cross Campus use of main resources – need the same. ü Consistent contact hours in MS – cross river alignment ü TIME – cross river articulation – collegial observations – campus based meetings – language trip preparation ü 3 year requirement of language in HS ( difficult with current IB program) ü Develop library ready resources ü Develop a rubric bank ü Professional Development Funding – ACTFL conferences, ECIS etc.  ü Our Title – Global Languages instead of Foreign or World ü Assessment– standard number/weight of assignments per program ü HS Scheduling – not specific to GL – is 80 minute alternate day effective? ü MS Scheduling - same as above ( recommended 50-60 daily periods) ü Scope and Sequence Alignment/ Placement Test/Final Exam – cross river